Do you wear a mask? I'm not talking about a Halloween mask of the killer from
Scream or anything. I'm talking about going out of your way to look different on
the outside than how you feel on the inside. These masks can be made up of many
different things: the way you dress, the way you act, and the people you hang out
with.
I used to wear many masks. I decided how I wanted to be perceived, and then did
what I needed to do to get that image across, whether it was wearing certain
clothes, or laughing at things that weren't funny, or hanging around with a
certain group of people even if they weren't the ones I felt I had the most in
common with. But at the end of the day, I couldn't change who I was. Wearing these
masks just left me feeling more frustrated than ever that I wasn't the person I
thought I should be. In fact the person I thought I should be didn't exist.
I've finally stopped wearing masks, and realized it's a lot easier to breathe
without doing it through a piece of plastic. The best part is to find that people
actually like me for who I am, when I let my true colors show.
【題組】47.What does the underlined phrase “a piece of plastic" in the last
paragraph refer to?
(A)A piece of cloth
(B)An oxygen mask
(C)A fake self-image
(D)A Halloween make -up